Sometimes I don't understand myself. I like this bike. Why? I don't know. There's something clumsy about it. The color, the front lights. I can see myself driving this contraption in Amsterdam. Back to the '80s.

Alo ... Alo ... the smartphone of the future designed by Philippe Starck and Jerome Olivet together with Thomson. Voice activated and fits in the palm of your hand.
Only voice activated? I don't like screaming against an inanimate object, although, inanimate? "The outside is what they call a "gelatinous" self-healing material that provides haptic feedback to the user, including vibrations and heat".

Am I the only one who thinks of a sex toy when looking at these images?

I had the flu. Recuperating from it I wanted to do something useful. So what did I do? Clean out my kitchen. Got everything out of the cupboards and drawers. And what did I find? A box of fortune cookies, out of date. I couldn't resist and opened a couple of them. This is my fortune:

'Your empathy enchants'
'You will experience good luck on a personal level'
'Blow off steam. Don't bottle up anger'
'Fine, you are open to new things'
'Remain patient around people with parochialism'
'It will give you many benefits when you expand your social environment'

So ... to get good luck on a personal level and because I'm open to new things and I'm empathetical I have to expand my social environment.Thus ... I have to blow off steam when around parochialic people.

Jan 22, 2017

Probably you thought I left you again. This would have been possible. But unfortunately ... for me ... the flu finally got me. After 'not feeling well' from October, under a blanket on my own on the couch with Christmas and New Years Eve, I have been in bed from last Tuesday evening. A hole in my life. Today I got out of bed, but after 3 steps I have to sit down again. WTF!!!!!

Jan 17, 2017

There's a huge power outage in Amsterdam. Very weird waking up in the dark. And very lucky I also had an alarm set on my mobile phone! This was the view from my living room. The first thing that came to mind was ... Shit, now I can't drink my very necessary coffee!

This is a fun way to let the people know what happens on 2017. David Attenborough-pretender James Bareham explores the greatest gadget habitat on Earth: CES 2017. Listen to him going on about drones, rollies ... ...

Like a lot of people, I've never been into quilting. Sometimes I saw a quilt and thought ... yes, nice, nice fabrics, but that was it. I like the idea behind the quilt though, existing fabrics, emotional value.

Bare with me, check out punk-quilter Ben Venom. This is what he says about himself:

"I’m interested in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with extreme elements found on the fringes of society. My work can be described as opposing forces colliding at lightening speed. Imagery found in vintage tattoos, the occult, and motorcycle gangs are stitched together with recycled materials using techniques usually relegated to your Grandmothers sewing circle. Serious, yet attempting to take on a B movie Horror film style where ridiculousness becomes genius. The question remains... Can I play with madness?"

"Facebook trolls. Horrendous drivers. The guy who stands at the register of a fast food joint and studies the menu as a crowd of people who know what combo meal they’re definitely getting stand and wait. Yeah, some people can get on our nerves. To keep track of all those grudges, there’s the People Who Can Kindly Go Fuck Themselves Notebook. Now you can keep tabs on your archenemies and evil foes, or, you know, just your grocery list."

Not really, because I don't have Prada clothes, shoes, bags. But if I would have the money, I would be a Prada girl. Below the premonitions for the Fall / Winter 2017 Men's and Women's show. A look-and-feel Look-book.

I have visited Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds twice. Once in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, years ago, and once in Rotterdam. At this moment it's in Amsterdam again. Surreal and a playground for medical students.

10 years ago Gunther von Hagens started The Plastinarium in Guben, Germany. Here, 40 different scientists are performing the art of plastination. Creepy and beautiful and intriguing at the same time.

This is hilarious. These educational video's are so long with so many examples ... get real! Just use common sense. And the brunette? She just undergoes it as a pro. The bad example with a brunette, the good example with a blonde. That's the way! Who knows, perhaps Trump can publish them again.